After the midnight bell of the CCTV Tiger Spring Festival Gala sounded, the first performance was the winter Olympic special program "Ice and Snow Shining Chinese Year", a grand concert held on the ice. When the "Ice Skating Round Dance" sounded, a teenager pulled a violin into the ice rink, the bow in his hand flew, and the ice knife under his feet was windy, lightly and ethereally surrounding the piano.
This elegant figure in the show is actually not far from everyone, he is Gong Qiming who slid from Jiading to the Spring Festival Gala stage.
Winter Olympics Special Program "Ice and Snow Shining Chinese Year"
At the age of 8, Gong Qiming briefly practiced skating, but then focused on music. At the age of 14, Gong Qiming was already a student of a famous music conservatory abroad, and the level of violin performance reached the level of entering a professional orchestra.
Giving up his studies and putting down his bow, Gong Qiming was once passive and lost. When he accompanied his mother to pass by an ice skating rink, looking at the once familiar sports, his mood was as cold as ice.
"He said, 'I'll never be able to jump for two weeks,' and I made a bet with him that he could do it, to stimulate him, to encourage him, to have a goal to bounce back!" Gong Qiming's mother said.
Putting on his skates and tightening his laces, Gong Qiming returned to the ice, and the ice knife under his feet stepped on and swiped forward.
Gong Qiming resting on the sidelines
Under the guidance and encouragement of his coach and mother, Gong Qiming gradually showed his talent, and within a year, he successfully jumped five kinds of two-week jumps. After improving his skills, Gong Qiming entered the figure skating arena.
Mom recorded the action outside the field for Gong Qiming to see
He follows the example of the famous general Yu Yusuke and learns from his gorgeous movements and tenacity. Figure skating, paying attention to rhythm and musicality, is more artistic than other sports events, which gives Gong Qiming's musical literacy room to play. He won many awards and was selected to join the Shanghai Figure Skating Training Team.
Shanghai Gong Qiming began to skate at the age of 14, it has been 3 years now, and he has a light posture on the ice rink
Fall injuries and ice knife scratches are often accompanied by ice players "close friends", and the bruises on his body have hardly left him since the day he started skating. During a three-week jumping practice, Gong Qiming fell to the ground and was diagnosed with a sciatic fracture by the hospital. The doctor told him that he would not be able to skate again, but he did not give up. Anyone who skates knows, falls down, gets up and continues.
The injury has changed Gong Qiming's mentality, he no longer aims at the results of the game, but seeks to break through himself and enjoy the freedom of the ice knife to break the wind. He integrates his violin expertise and acting talent into his daily training, and his Performance on ice in a Chinese style has exploded on the Internet.
And his "replica Yusheng Knot" album in the B station (Bilibili) account has gathered his popularity. Accompanied by the piano bow and the ice knife, the notes sprinkled on the ice surface, which received a lot of praise and attracted the attention of the CCTV Spring Festival Gala director group.
In 2020, Gong Qiming followed the coach to a brand new ice rink in Jiading. Since then, it has become the "home" of his daily practice. "The joy of sliding, you have to go to the ice to know." Gong Qiming almost every day by car for nearly two hours to Jiading practice, 17-year-old dancing teenager, spinning and jumping on the ice, skillful and silky movements, stepping on the ice blade, moving forward.
Gong Qiming with coach
On the evening of February 14, Gong Qiming finished his day of practice, walked into the locker room, showing fatigue, his forehead hair was wet with sweat, he sat on the bench gasping for breath, and took out his mobile phone to browse the latest events of the Winter Olympics. When he saw that idol Yusei Yushin did not announce his retirement, saying that he would continue to hit the news of "Axel's Four-Week Jump" (4A Jump), Gong Qiming became excited: "Great, I want to continue to slide like Yusheng!" ”
Source: Shanghai Jiading